Emergency siding



ApriIZS, 1939. J. A. GOUGAR 2,155,790

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April 25, 1939. J. A. GOUGAR EMERGENCY SIDING Filed Sept. 23, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. 1763c? hag. GOAggQ/ Liki- Patented Apr. 25, 1939 I g 1 v S PATNT OFIE 2,155,790 EMERGENCY SIDING Joseph A. Gougar,- Chicago, Ill. Application September 23, 1938, Serial No. 231,281

9 Claims. (01. 23s 10) My invention relates to railroads and partiction shown in Fig. 1, pins are projected ularly to novel means for providing a temporary through registering openings and serve to mainsiding or support for work cars such as used tain the sections in parallel relation. by maintenance men. The inner ends 2| of the rail sections are In the maintenance and upkeep of roadbeds shaped to fit loosely within the fishing space of and trackage, the section men operate from a the rail #2, the lower portions of the inner ends central point, traveling to and from such point being notched as at 22 to clear the base of the in hand or motor driven cars and carrying with rail and any tie plate or spikes that might interthem the tools and equipment required for their fere. Secured to the inner ends of the short rail 10 work. It frequently happens that work is to be sections are angle pieces 23, hav Openings done on a long fill; that is, a section in which therein, the angle pieces lying on the ties and the track is elevated varying distances above the being adapted to be spiked in place through the adjacent ground level, and there is no point openings 24. v throughout this section where the hand or work At the outer ends of the short rail sections, 10 car can be located other than on the regular I provide separate posts 2526 of angular shape track. This necessitates parking the work car in cross-section and provided with a series of at the nearest point where a level spot is availspaced openings 27 therein. The plates [3-44,

able or where a permanent siding has been procomprising the track sections, are enlarged in vided, carrying the equipment to the point of their vertical dimensions to providethe support- 20 use. This is expensive in time and effort, and an ing brackets 28 and are spaced apart by the object of my invention is to provide a temporary spacing plate [5 so as to accommodate between or emergency siding or support for a work car, them the perforated leg o the angle p The r Un -rep 25 venient point, regardless of the height of the fill. outer ends of the track sections in a desired po- 25 The invention will be more readily understood sition. I by reference to the accompanying drawings, in At the lower ends of the posts I provide pivwhich; oted feet, secured through the bracket 36 and Fig. 1' is a plan view of apparatus, such as cona swivel pin 3!, each foot comprising a fiat base 30 ,templated by me, as applied to road bed; 32 having fiat pointed teeth 33 projecting down- Fig. 2 is a side elevation with the track in secwardly therefrom. As shown in Figs. 4 and 5 tion;

Fig. 3 is a plan View of the short track secadequate holding capacity when the posts are tions constituting the temporary siding, the parts mounted on an inclined fill such as indicated at 35 being shown in collapsed relation; l 35 in dotted lines in Fig. 5. The pivoting of the .35 Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the foot for the feet enables the feet to adapt themselves to difsupport posts; ferent inclined surfaces and the plate or base Fig. 5 is a similar view taken at right angles provides a wide surface that will limit the peneto that of Fig. 4:; tration of the feet into the soil. Thus it will be Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-6 of seen that the device may be installed either on 40 Fjg 1; a small fill as indicated in Fig. 2 or on a very Fig. 7 is a fragmentary view showing the exhigh fill where the posts must rest on an inclined tensible lateral braces employed. surface.

In the drawings I illustrate a roadbed includ- In order to provide braces for the structure, as

ing ballast or fill H), wood ties II and railroad shown, I utilize telescoping rods 36-31 swivel- 45 rails l2. As a means for providing a temporary connected to the track sections at the outer end siding for a work car or hand car, I utilize a pair and provided on their inner ends with angular ofshort rail sections of duplicate form, each consharpened projections 38 adapted to be driven sisting of inner and outer plates l3|4 and a into theties as shown in Fig. 1. A screw clamp spacing plate i5 joined by rivets and each pro- 33 enables the braces to be shortened in length 50 vided with brackets l6-l'!. Connected to the to correspond substantially to that of the track brackets are articulated arms l8l9 so arranged sections when the parts are collapsed as shown that the rail sections may be collapsed as shown in Fig. 3. in Fig. 3 or separated and maintained in parallel The operation is as follows:

relation as shown in Fig. 1. When in the posi- The parts being collapsed and dismantled and. 55

2 carried on the work car, they are removed at a point on a fill where a siding is desired, the track sections being pulled apart and pinned, then placed against the rail and spiked in place. This serves as a temporary support while the posts are securely grounded and connected to the outer ends of the sections. Thereupon the braces are swung into position and anchored to the ties, the clamps 39 being secured, thus firmly bracing the structure against lateral forces.

While I have shown the track sections as joined by articulated arms, it will be understood that I contemplate other equivalent means for retaining them in spaced parallel relation; also that while I have shown two supporting posts, one may be substituted, the connection' to the sections being at a point intermediate of their width through a separable transverse member located at the outer end of the sections; also that one brace may be found suflicient in some instances, and the inner end of the brace may be provided with an eye through which a, spike may be driven into the track rather than the attached spike. These and other modifications are considered to be within the scope of my invention.

In the appended claims the word track is used generically to comprehend the structure which includes the rail, ties and ballast.

I claim:

1. The combination with rails, ties and ballast or fill that serves to elevate the track above the adjacent land level, of a collapsible two-rail section positioned adjacent and at right angles to the track and supported at its inner end thereon, means adapted to support said section at its outer end at variable heights, and brace means for said section adapted to be temporarily attached to the track.

2. A handcar siding comprising in combination a pair of short rail sections the inner ends of which are adapted to be supported on a track, means for joining the sections in proper spaced relation, means for supporting the outer ends of the sections at selected heights, and diagonal braces connecting the outer ends of the sections to the track.

3. A hand or work car siding comprising, in combination, a pair of rail sections, means for connecting and holding the sections in spaced relation with capacity for collapsing, posts for supporting the outer ends of the sections at variable heights according to the height of the fill,

the inner ends of the sections being supported on and at right angles to an adjacent track, and means for laterally bracing the described structure relative to the track.

4. A collapsible hand-car siding comprising in combination, short rail sections and articulated arms for joining the same in parallel relation the inner ends of which are adapted to be supported on a track, separate posts adapted to support the outer ends of the sections at selected heights, and diagonally extending braces connecting the outer ends of the sections to the track.

5. A collapsible hand-car siding comprising, in combination, short rail sections and articulated arms for joining the same in parallel relation the inner ends of which are adapted to be supported on a track, separate posts adapted to support the outer ends of the sections at selected heights, said posts having feet adapted to firmly engage an inclined surface, and diagonally extending braces connecting the outer ends of the sections to the track.

6. A collapsible hand-car siding comprising in combination, short rail sections and articulated arms for joining the same in parallel relation the inner ends of which are adapted to be supported on a track, separate posts adapted to support the outer ends of the sections at selected heights, and diagonally extending braces, adjustable as to length, connecting the outer ends of the sections to the track.

'7. A hand-car emergency siding adapted to be dismantled and carried on said car, comprising in combination short rail sections, the inner ends of which are adapted to be supported on the track, means connected to the sections for spacing the same, and for collapsing the spacing means; separate vertically adjustable means for supporting the outer ends of the sections, and braces extending diagonally from the outer ends of the sections and temporarily connected to said ties.

8. A hand-car emergency siding adapted to be dismantled and carried on said car, comprising in combination short rail sections, the inner ends of which are adapted to be supported on the track, means connected to the sections for spacing the same, and for collapsing the spacing means, separate vertically adjustable means for supporting the outer ends of the sections, said supporting means having feet that will cooperate with inclined surfaces, and braces extending diagonally from the outer ends of the sections and temporarily connected to said ties.

9. A hand-car emergency siding adapted to be dismantled and carried on said car, comprising in combination short rail sections, the inner ends of which are adapted to be supported on the track, means connected to the sections for spacing the same, said spacing means being constructed to permit the rails to be assembled in compact relation, a separable, vertically adjustable supporting means for the outer ends of the spaced rails, and a brace extending from the outer end of the sections and connected to a tie.

JOSEPH A. GOUGAR. 

